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J.K. Rowling is releasing four short stories that detail the history of magical life in North America to get fans hyped for "Harry Potter" spinoff "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" this November.
In her latest story, Rowling explains that unlike their European counterparts, wizards in America live underground. The magical community is a complete secret and according to Rappaport's Law, witches and wizards are forbidden from marrying, or even befriending, No-Majs (the American term for non-magical people).
We don't know a ton about the plot of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," but we do know the movie stars a European magizoologist, Newt Scamander, who visits New York City with a case full of magical creatures. Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, gets into trouble after some of the creatures (we still don't know which ones) escape.
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Along the way, Scamander meets Jacob Kowalski, a No-Maj who works in a factory but dreams of becoming a baker. Scamander introduces Kowalski to the world of wizardry, which could be a big problem for Scamander, considering the strictness of Rappaport's Law.
Of course, it's possible Redmayne will have bigger problems than the kindly Kowalski knowing about the wizarding community if it turns out he's unleased a seriously dangerous creature, like a dragon or an acromantula, (the massive and deadly spiders from the Forbidden Forest in “Harry Potter”), onto the unsuspecting people of New York City.
We're hoping Scamander's case was just full of harmless nifflers, but from what we've seen in the trailers for "Fantastic Beasts," that doesn't seem likely.
